The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-26 00:00:00

ONEY NARKEi AND COMMEECIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is no new feature in the money market, an active demand existing at bi 6 per cant. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £290,100, and the exports £291,100. The following remarks upon the Budget are from Messrs. J. Travers and Son's circular :—The fact of the New Zealand war having been brought to a close, coupled with the improved prospects of the maintenance of peace in Europe, have, during the past fortnight, strengthened the expectation of the Chancellor of the Exchequer being able to propose some reduction of taxation, in which case, in con sequence of his distinct promise last year, the sugar question cannot fail to be prominently treated. With regard to the maintenance of the present discriminative duties, nothing has transpired since the free trade side of the con test reeeived the fresh impulse imparted to it by the course adopted by the alarmed protec tionists at the recent meeting at the London Tavern. In relation to the expediency of ad valorem duties, apart from the question of any incidental influence they may have in conferring protection as in the present case, it will be a curious consideration for Parliament, that should Mr. Gladstone resolve to maintain them in their application to sugar, he will be bound, if he wishes our fiscal system to have any appearance of consistency, to apply them in the instance of tea, fruit, wine, tobacco, and all the other articles that embrace an immense variety of qualities, and are at present charged with an uniform rate. Two o'CLocx. At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f. IN.—Firm. There has been a very small amount of business transacted in the Stock Exchange, to-day, and the attendance of the members has been very much curtailed. The Funds have not varied, and Consols are quoted 911 g for money, and 91: I for the account. The New Threes are 89: ; the Reduced, 891 ; India 5 per Cents., 1041 41; and ditto 51 per cent. Enfaced Paper, 112. Foreign Stocks are buoyant, but business is not active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 711 72 ; ditto Consolides, 541; Mexican, 451 a ; Spanish Passive, 351 8 ; ditto Certificates, 13! e ; Greek, 231 24 ; and Portuguese, 48: t. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been very restricted; the few bargains re ported, however, show rather less firmness as re gards prices. Great Western and North Western have receded 55., and Great Eastern 10$. ; while Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and Midland have each improved sg. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings continua Still without material change in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dealt in to a moderate extent, at about former rates. Alliance Bank realise 501 51 ; English and Swedish, 121 13; London and County, 591 601 ; Union of Australia, 66 4 ; Hudson Bay Company, 111 19 ; London Financial, 261 ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 821. . The current quotations for some of the principal new undertakings are subjoined :—British Colum bia and Vancouver's Island Investment, I prem. ; Central Argentine Railway, 1 t, prem. ; North Australian Company, 11, 11 prem.; London and Liverpool Hotel, 14 lt prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent.gonsols Ditto Account, April 8 Nper Cent. R e d uce d ew 3 per Ce n t New 21 per Cent. J an . 1891 — A onuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — _ Ditto for 30 yrs, exp i re sth Ap r il, 1885 l4f Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent — die Ditto £SOO Ditto £lOO and £200 Bank England Stk, 41 per Ct., last hf.-yr Shut INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1670 Ditto Account.... Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888.. 9Bl Do Certificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Ditco 51 per Cent., May, 1879 ...... Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 att. LiondsEl,ooo — die Ditto under £l,OOO dis FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES, Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863. 9Ol 90 i Ditto Scrip, £55 paid Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l3l Egyptian 7 per Cent loo,i i 100 Ditto, Second Issue Italian d per Cent.(Maremmana Railway ) 74i Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account.... Peruvian 4i per Cent .. Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto .1i per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account B6 1 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.. ... Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account 4B/ 1 Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 4} per Cent., 1850 B6/ Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 .. Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent .. Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account — Ditto Passive Ditto Account — Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. — Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account .. - Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 - .ilitto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds 72 Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 24 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in Loud •u Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. Ditto Account Piedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Peruvian Dolar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. TWO O'CLOCK. Connote Money Ditto April Account .. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, March 26,—Wind at noon—North; light breeze, and cloudy. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, :4aturday Morning. Sailed—Clyd e , for Melbourne ; Hanover, steamer, for Calais. DBAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Josephine, for Colombo ; Langdale, for Cardiff, Beagle, for Newfoundland ; Julia Pasha of Egypt, for Con. atantinople ; Sunbeam, for Adelaide—all from London. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.--Yesterday morning the following was printed as a return to the House of Commons :—" On the 20th November, 1863, the amount at the credit of the 99 friendly societies receiving X-1 lie. 3d. per cent. interest was £580,183 13s. sd. ; to 'which there was added on November 21, to bear interest as capital from that date, £13,339 5s 7d., being the interest due on the half-year ended November 20, On November 20, 1863, the amount at the credit of 352 friendly societies receiving £3 16s Oid per cent interest was 11,232,691 8s 2d ; to Which there was added on. the 21st November, to bear in terest as capital from that date, £23,616 16s 8d being the interest duc on the half-year ended 20th November. On the 20th November, 1863, the amount at the credit of the 210 friendly societies receiving £3 Os 10d per centum interest was £188,069 5s 11d. To which there was added on the 21st November, to bear interest as capital from that date, £2,823 15s 2d, being the interest due on the half year ended the 20th of November. In addition to the above friendly societies depositing directly with the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, there were, on the 20th of November,'lB63, 12,141 friendly societies depositing their funds in savings banks, with an aggregate amount to tbeir credit of 1,999,953. The rate of interest credited half- Yearly to thi s c l ass, b y t h e sav i ngs b an k s, depends upon the rules of the several savings banks in which the deposits are )nade, and therefore the books of the National Debt Office do not show how much of this sum was interest credited to Nov. 20 ; but as the sum due to this class of friendly societies by savings banks formed part of the capital credited to savings banks on the 20th of November, the interest which was credited to savings banks for those fri endly societies on the 21st of November for the past half- Year Was (at the rate of £3 6s per annum) £32,493." BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Isar. Railways 10u Itiantic & St Lawrence all 58 60 Sk Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Inc . Gu. 5 per cent. . 10( 1031 1031 103 20 Do. New. 8 p 1p 20 Do. E. Shares ~.01 Buffalo and Laxe Huron ali 51 6 10 Do. Preference 00 I Bufialo,Brant,&Godriol, to 1 ap. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 187 . ‘ 100 Do. do. July 1, Ism 100 100 Do. do. 'June 1, 1871 100 st Cleutta.&S. Eastn. (Lin, 100 102 104 st Cape Town &Dock Seri) 100 102 104 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. / 100 105 106 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1041 10t1 1041 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 I P 20 Do. do. H do. stook Grand Trunk of Canada luo 19 20 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 74 76 100 Do. do. deferred....... all 58 61 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred all 51 53 100 Do. 3d P. ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 40 62 100 Do. 4th Pref, stook all 25 27 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 C 5 stook Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.o 100 103 104 1031 20 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 Do. January, 1862 .. stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1021 1037 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 91 91 20# Do. New .. ... . 18 111 101 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 94 100 Do. 5/ p. o. do. '77-8 all 83 86 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 1 p 21 stock Madras guar., sp. o lOO 103 103 stook Do. 11 p. o. Extension 100 97 69 • stock Do. 46 do lOO 92 94 921 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnd" lOO 5o Melb. & Hobson's Bay all 55 58 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds al/ 110 Newßrunswicka Candy Class A. and B. all 3 5 N. Itl.C'da6 pc Ist pf bds 100 82 L 4 stock Soinde ....... (100 1031 104# 105 stock Do. Delhi 4.: 100 101} 1023 20 Do. ' 5 2 at Do. Punjaub all 1021 103# Do. Do. rook Do. Indus. St. Flo ) 100 97 99 OLUN I.AL tGOVERNMtt.N I 1, ltl I i - t...u.Guv.6p.c.Ja&J uly 1677-81 .. . 101 103 102 1 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. let 100 :02 Do. 6p. c.Mar. & Sept. 100 09 101 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 10, 88 00 Do. 6 1 nscribed stock 100 88 80 Pape G. H ope, 8 p 0,1876 lot. 106 108 Do.Ap &Oct 1880 100 110 112 Do. 189 t lot. 111 , 13 Do. Jan. & euiy, 1891.. 101 109 111 'Ceylon, Nov.lB/8, 6p c 100 112 114 :Mauritius 11 per cent .. 100 196 108 !Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 130 lriB 110 N. B.G'ov. p.o. J a.&JuI3 100 101 103 1011 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 10,1 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p •.,18 10e 99 100 Du. sp. c.,18/ tot • 100 99 10 991 100 Do. d0.,i888 & upwth 100 99 160 New Zealand 6p cent. 100 108 110 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. steriing, 1875 • Queensland Gcv. 6p. 0 lOO 1074 8. Aus U6p.e.187a& up too 100 111 Vlo.Gov. 6 p,0.Ja..37.Ju1y 100 - 'De lo I o.s. An.&Dot... 100 1111 1121 1.(14114_ BRITISH MINES. 2 ! (1/..mbrian Consol. Gold 1 4 id 1 ;A/fiord Amalgamated.. 35 4 8 0 3 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist., 1 655 e 65 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 70 75 East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... '2.14.1/ 30 32 East Carta Brea... 3.4.0 61 71 E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 8.9.0 3t 41 !Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen , 584 10 11 I Great South Tolgus.„ , 178 4 41 G. Wheal Vor (Heiston, 40 37 39 Grenville ercd's-Foot . 8.12 85 37 Ilingaton Downs 4.!8.0 31 41 Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelact 9e 19 21 31arke Valley.. I siyndy Iron Oro (Lim ; 21 11 Icl New Setun l9l 85 95 - North Downs 2l 11 2 Basset (111o4au 3.1.0 2 21 • ! North Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 41 51 ear Consols (15 t. Blaze - It'rovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 41 43 ; South Caradon(St.Cleer, 11 440 100 ;S. Carta Brea (Illogan) — - I•. , ..Whea Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 50 55 --'Stray Park '30.17.6 32 34 ramarSilv.& Lead i4tin— - '— rin= Crort 9 19 20 West Basset (Mogan). * 11 11 12 W Cr radon (Liskeard; 5 20 22 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan 54 874 92 4 Wheal Buller(Redrutb) 10 31 37 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott Wheal MaryAnn , Men ) 8 131 141 Wheal seton ' 581 190 195 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.), 7 2I 24 Wheal Union I 3.17 21 21 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 5 per cent. red. prf., 1021 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 41 per Cent., 901 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg," 11 i 11 Sambre and Meuse, 84 San Paulo (lim), gun. 7 per cent.. 84 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 211 FOREIGN MINES, Cape Copper, Bin.. 121 St. John del Rey (lira.), 451 Worthing (limited),; iudanuntUtana of S. Australia, Um., 31 1 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance 501 1 Ditto, new, 401 • Anglo Austrian. 61 1 Brazili in and Portuguese, lira.. 81 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 11 Chartered Bank of India, Australis. and China, 451 5 English, Smell, and Australian Chartered, 211 English and Swedish, Rm., 121 13 European Bank, lira., 101 4 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), 34 34 Imperial Bank (lim.), 366 Imperial Ottoman, 191 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 31 London Bank of Scotland, lira., 154 4 1 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 54 London and County, 591 601 London and South African, Dit o, new, 26 London and Westminster,NB2 Merchant Bank, lira , 131 Metrop.,and Prem. Bank (lira.), 27 National Provincial of England, •_ Ditto, new, 414 Ditto, ditto, 34 New South Wales, 51 50/ New Zealand Baak, 13 Oriental Bana Corporation. 641 Provincial of Ireland. 92 Seinde. Punjaub, and Delhi, lira. ;11$ Ditto, new, 104 South Australia, 401 Union of Australia, 56 Ditto, new, 3 25 MISCELLANEOUS. Bombay Gas. limited, 51 Ceylon Company, 101 Commercial Union Insirance), 91 Financial Corporation, 55 4 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira. , 81 Hudson's Bay. 19 International Financial Society, 11/ Joint •stock Discount, Bra., 61 Land Securities, lira., 45 London Financial Association, lint., 261 London General Omnibus Company, 21 Mercantile Credit Association, Um., 134 National Discount Company, Um, 124 National Steam Navigation, Him, 41 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 82 METROPOLITAN MEAT AND POULTRY MARKET. —The extensive properties 'in Smithfield-bars and Smith field required for the new market are now being lotted out for sale and demolition at the commencement of next month, so that there is now every probability of the loDg delayed work being begun. BEARE MARKETS—This day, OILDINARY SHARES AND STOoIiS. Tharel Railways. P" ' " " 4' Closing Business Prim done. Bir., Wol., and S tr. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost..Sleat.,andMid.tio Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A I A gets no dig Do. B till b p c. p been paid to 8.1 Dublin .% Belfast June. 'Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. ,Glasg. and S. Western. IGrentEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East A.nglian at GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do IGt. S. MI , i W. of Irelan , Great Western 8 81 84 9 83 €5 1174 118 k et Do Str Val gua. stool, et Lancashire & i orkshir, et London and Blackwall et Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast et Lon., Chit., sad Dover et Lon. & North Western et Lon. & Scr.th Western at Man., Shei.,'& Lincoln. 5 0 Maryport and Carlisle, 124 Dot shares et Metropolitan et Midland Do New Do Birming.ct Derby Slid. (it. W. of Irelanc Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, .4E Dundee Nth. Eastern—BerwicK Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews, and Welohpoo Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok., an d Wok Stockton 43 Darlington Do Do New, hid(. Taff Vale DoB Do C Uloter Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford .t Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.ct R.l West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford, 1.3.14,1 6J 7 35 37 16 17 91 93 101 106 Z 7 <8 6k 7k 127 128 129 130 130 132 91 93 656 E 6 101 110 67 C 9 1030 104 42i 431 1 108} IU81; 970 98. 53 631 1111 1121 127 f 1261 97 99 624 633 24 26 101 1013 55i 56i 58 884 126 129 1 2 p 78 79 Pt 111 124 126 41 43 98 iOO 53 64 34 86 90f 94 99 101 si 96 37 38 91 10 t• 7 84 163 466 I 5 7 3 F p 92 96 22 24 100 all all all all 100 100 100 i 6.13.4 THE Sri , LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WESTMINSTER. SING= &R APPLICATIoN.—A man, having the appear ance of a respectable artizan, entered the court and said he wanted to have the magistrate's advice upon a matter of considerable interest and importance to him. Mr. Yardley—What do you want ? Applieaat—l want to know who is to bury a person who is dead. Mr. Yardley—What do you mean ? Applicant—Why, there is a person dead, and the ques tion is who has a right to bury her. It is my wife's mother, who expired on Friday night, and it seems that I am ex pected to bury her, and I dont see why. Mr. Yardley—Has she died in your home ? Applicant—Yes. I have been supporting her. She has been living for some time past with me and my wife ; and now she is dead, who is to pay the expenses of her funeral ? Mr. Yardley—Those who administer to a dead person's effects generally do so. Applicant—l cannot see why I should be expected to go to the expense of the funeral when the deceased has sons living. I was very willing to keep her, but that is no reason why I should bury her, but I don't know what to do. Mr. Yardley—As a matter of necessity you had better bury her, and use your remedy when you can to recover it. Applicant—Can I recover the expense off her son if he takes the things belonging to his mother without admini stering ? Mr. Yardley—lf he takes the property she possessed, and exercises the power of an administrator, you can. I think, if you pay for the funeral, you will have your remedy against any one possessing himself of the effects of the de ceased. Without taking out letters of administration he would be an executor do son tart, and would be liable for such a claim. Applioant expressed himself satisfied with this opinion. THAMES. A BAD SON,—A respectable man came before Mr Part ridge and wished to make a long and detailed statement respecting his son, who bad absconded from his home and taken a diamond ring of great value with him. He was requested by Mr Partridge to state what he wished, as it was impossible to hear long statements from applicants, who were very numerous. The gentleman asked the magistrate to bear with him a little white. Mr Partridge—l am afraid I cannot, sir. You must state what you want shortly. After being repeatedly interrupted in his attempt to make a long statement it came to this, that his son had been the bane of his existence, and had robbed him of a valuable diamond ring, an heirloom in his family. Mr Partridge—lf your son has robbed you of a ring or any other property you may give him into custody. See the police inspector. The gentleman begged of the magistrate to bear with him a little longer. Mr Partridge—There are a great number of persons waiting to make applications. The Gentleman—My son pawned the ring for £5, and another person took it out, and I have offered him the money, and he wants £lO from me, and will not give up the ring without. Mr Partridge—Bring an action against him in the County Court. The gentleman--Bat my son, who stole the ring and pawned it— Mr Partridge—l have already said you can give him into custody of any policeman for a felony. The Gentleman—Please to bear with me a little longer, Mr, Partridge--I really cannot, sir ; the next application. MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Increased supplies of produce are on sale here today. Thete is a full average demand at the following quotations. FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 6 0 to 10 0 Foreign do 1 6 to 2 6 Melons . Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 apples, per hf -sv. 3 0 to 4 6 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..3 6 to 8 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberries hf aye° 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s d Mulberries,prpt..o oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, putiO oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 2 6to 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. .... 0 oto 0 0 Peaches.. . 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Pastoral Letter of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The following Pastoral Letter has been addressed to the clergy and laity by the Archbishop of Canter bury:— "MY Rev. and dear Brethren,—l have reason to believe that the minds of many among you are profoundly moved by the theological questions which are at this moment agitated. I daily receive from various quartets addresses and letters of inquiry expressing much perplexity, and seeking counsel at my hands; many members of our Church, eminent for their rank, station, and talents, have urged me to make a statement cf my sentiments on these subjects ; and my opinion on single points has meanwhile transpired in a manner unbecoming the occasion. I feel, therefore, that the time has now arrived when I can no longer refrain from publicly declaring my views on these topics—thus giving a common answer to every memorial, and a reply to every inquirer, The Church has a right to know my mind on matters of such solemn interest to each of her members; and the present seems to be the most pro per channel for such a communication. If it be asked why these sentiments were not announced at the time of the de livery of the late judgment, the answer will be that an ancient order of the Privy Council and the precedents of its Judicial Committee seemed to forbid such a course. " It would be entirely unbecoming in me as a member of the Court to presume to criticise tin terms of a judgment concurred in by the able and distinguished persons who assented to it; but on a question so momentous, involving as it does such grave issues to the Church of England, I must claim to myself the privilege of giving expression to opinions formed prior to the delivery of the judgment, and wholly irrespective of the terms in which it is couched. " In dealing with those passages in the ' Essays and Re views,' touching the authority of Holy Scripture, which were objected to, I felt that I was in nowise called upon to attempt any definition of inspiration, seeing that the Church had not thought fit to prescribe one; but I did conceive that I was bound by the most solemn obligations to maintain at its exact level that estimation in which Holy Scripture is held by our Church, as shown by the tenour of her Articles and Liturgy, and to beware lest I should seem to sanction a decision which should detract one jot of tittle from the authority with which it is invested according to their lan guige. " Now, in reviewing the terms in which the Church of England speaks of Holy Scripture, it appears that in the 20th Article the Church designates it as ' God's Word written.' It is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing contrary to God's Word written.' In the 6th Article the fellowing language is used :—" In the name of the Holy Scripture we do understand those Canonical Books of the Old and New Testament, of whose authority was never any doubt in the Church. In the Ordination Service, the deacon is required to declare that he ' unfeignedly believes all the canonical Scripture of the Old and New Testa ment;' and in delivering the Bible to the person to be ad mitted to the order of priesthood the bishop says, ' Take thou authority to preach the Word of God.' "From these passages it appears that the Church autho ritatively declares Holy Scripture to be identical with all those canonical books of the Old and New Testament of whose authority was never any doubt in the Church that it is ' The Word of God,' and God's Word written.' "That by the term canonical books' is meant books which lay down a rule of faith authoritatively may be clearly deduced from a subsequent passage in the same 6th Article, in which it is stated that as to the other books (which are not canonical) the Church doth not apply them to establish any doctrine, leaving us to draw the natural in ference that the canonical books can be so applied ; while in the previous sentence the Church declares that nothing must be required to be believed as an article of faith but what is read therein or may be proved thereby. "It remained for me to consider how far the statements of Dr. Williams respecting Holy Writ were reconcilable with those express declarations of the Church in her formu laries and Articles. His estimate of the Bible is, ' That it is an expression of devout reason, and therefore to be read with reason in freedom; he finds in it a 'record of the spiritual giants whose experience generated the religious atmosphere we breathe;' and speaking of the Eternal Spirit he says—' f such a spirit did not dwell in the Church the Bible would not be inspired, for the Bible is before alt things the written word of the congregation. Bold as such a theory of inspiration may sound,' he adds, ' it was the earliest creed of the Church, and it is the only one to which the facts of Scripture answer.' " To myself these views of Holy Scripture appeared en tirely inconsistent with the terms of our formularies as cited above. ' The expression of devout reason' must be the ex pression of man's teason and not of the Divine intelligence; for to speak of the Deity, who has no superior, as ' devout,' seems a manifest absurdity. Holy Scripture, then, under this view, must be the word of man ; and can have no more authority for the establishing of doctrine than such expres sions of devout reason as we have in the works of Hooker, Taylor, and Barrow, who all wrote under such guidance, doubtless, with prayer for the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.' • " Again, if Holy Scripture be no more than the 'record of the experience of spiritual giants,' it can have no more authority for establishing doctrine than the writings of the authors just named. They, too, were ' spiritual giants,' and they have recorded their experience for the benefit of the Church ; but their words are not ' the Word of God their writings are not God's word written ;' they are not ' canonical,' ".Lastly, if the Bible be before all things,' and no more than the ' written voice of the congregation,' even though that congregation shall hive prayed.to God that 'by His holy inspiration' they may think those things that be good,' it will be at the utmost no more than the voice of the Church, which cannot bo adduced to establish doctrine if that voice shall utter or ' ordain any thing contrary to God's Word written '—of the Church, which may not 'so expound one place of Scripture that it be repugnant to another.' The authority of the Church, by the 20th Article, is clearly subordinate to the written word ; but if the written word be the voice of the Church, then follows the paradox, that the written word is subordinate to itself. Holding, therefore, as 1 did, that there is an irreconcilable difference between the language of the 6th and 20th Articles respecting Holy Scripture on the one hand, and the state ments of Dr. Williams concerning it on the other; and regarding the essential quality which constitutes the diffe rence to be that Holy Script ure, i s treated of in t h e A rt i c l es of Religion es of uni mpeachable authority for the final esta blishing of doctrine, whereas no such authority can reside in'the expression of devout reason,' in 'the record of the experience of spiritual giants,' or in the written voice of the congregation. I felt no hesitation whatever as to the course which it would be my duty to pursue in respect of the charge brought against Dr. Williams touching the Word of God. .. _ "On exqmining the charge under the same head brought against Mr. Wilson, I find an assertion on his part that in n co e caihr idvaiyssrne :e Scriptures tome o ta ea to o d b t e h se o canonical gre a a as what he calls the ' pivot article of the Church'—viz., the seem to infer hence that the Church never calla Holy not fith appear,Article of Belief, e h li o ef, wo t o h yl e d expression ' Word of God' does term is not applied collectively to the books of the Old and New Testament. But in the 20th Article Holy Scripture Scripture by that name; that this is styled ' God's Word written;' it is spoken of as ' Holy Writ'—phrases corresponding exactly with the term ' Holy in books of the Old and New co-extensiveScripture' i n withthe 6th t he canonical Article, 0 f which priest s i t the declareda Church stylest b have before stated, as applied to all the contents of the Bible Apocryphal Word fBG ordering 000 d k. ,s, The term canonical, as I denotes that they have the theTes excepttßa Testament b t l e h e n e t ' property of a canon—s. e., 'regulative,' furnishing a rule of faith, competent to be applied for the establishing of doc trine. Thus, according to the mind of the Church, the terms ' Holy Scripture," the canonical books of the Old and New Testament,' i the Word of God,' and ' God's Word written,' appear to be equivalent.' "How far is the language Of Mr. Wilson reconcilable with that of the Church on these points ? " The sum and substance of that which ho labours repeat edly to establish I cannot but consider as conveyed in the Scripture, whence it does with it.' The meaning following sentence :—' It may,' he says, ' be expressed thus hold to be that there are not the Word of God, and this assertion I conceive to be entirely inconsistent with the parts a h aoi e rtrtl s l fyo ir olt o lfoo r :b d eo o tpl Godf hyuastt ucirpt i iop i sant Scripture roh o e n eews t xe a ht i wo n i ZaillsiesetrtreaYdiction ; the Church treating books of the Old Testament, with God's Word written, and thus make the one co-extensive With the other. Articles,which identify the Holy Holy Scripture as God's Word written without stint or to ' o ' p l p n ro tr o u oh th t „ o th a e l i o n g qualification—Mr. Wilson, on the contrary, maintaining that some p ar ts of Holy Scripture are not the 'Word of God. I may add that the passa ge of the 20th Article which says that the Church may not ' so expound one place of Scrip ture that it be repugnant to another' is rendered nugatory, if one portion only of the Bible is of Divine authority, and the rest of human composition, for the Church might then overrule the human portion by an appeal to the Divine, if indeed it could distinguish between the two. " On the whole I could not bat perceive that no less mo mentous a question than this was at issue -- -Whether a clergyman should be permitted to proclaim to his people that the term ' Word of God' is not to be identified with ' Holy Scripture;' whether, in fact, the Bible is still to be our guide in matters of faith, still to have any power for establishing doctrine, still to be canonical in the sense in which I hold the term to be undoubtedly used by our Church ; for if there be some portions of Holy Scripture which are merely human, and have no divine sanction at all, the Bible must cease to be an infallible rule of faith and duty so long as we have no certain criterion whereby to dis tinguish between the human and the Divine element. " The conclusion at which I arrived on the subject of the charge against Mr Wilson, relating to the everlasting punishment of the wicked, did not result from any doubt in my mind as to the doctrine of the Church of England upon this point. This doctrine I consider to be clearly indicated in the Commination Service, the Burial Service, the Apostles' Creed, and the Athanasian Creed ; to the effect that the re ward of the righteous is everlasting life, and the punishment of the wicked everlasting death; nor do I conceive that the Church has any more sure warrant for belief in the eternal happiness of the sand than it has for belief in the eternal euffering of the lost. Taut there was so much obscurity in the forms of expression used by Mr Wilson on this head that 1 did not consider the passage extracted from his essay would warrant the charge that he had ' advisedly de clared and affirmed in effect that after this life, at the end of the existing order of things on this earth, there will be no Judgment of God, according to those men whom he shall then approve everlasting life or eternal happiness, and to those men whom he shall condemn everlasting death or eternal misery.' " Before I conclude I would address a few words of counsel to those among you who are my brethren in the ministry. You may be induced to ask what is the degree of liberty alloyed to each of you, according to the mind of the Church in dealing with the Bible. The view I have taken of the claim which the whole of the Holy Scripture has to be treated as the Word of God cannot interfere with the right of discussing questions as to various readings or the genuineness of a disputed text ; for this is no more than to argue that a given text or reading is not a part of any canonical book. But such an argument on the part of a clergyman is a widely different thing from his assertion that a portion of the Bible which he has acknowledged to belong to a canonical book is not the Word of God. Without any such latitude as this, there is ample room for fair criticism; but criticism in the case of a minister of our Church must have its limits, inasmuch as he has bound himself to adhere to the plain meaning of the Articles and formularies. You will, lam persuaded, feel convinced that it cannot be agreeable to the mind of the Church that you should transgress these limits. For the Church prescribes order, and not confusion ; but what would not be the , amount of contusion if it were left to each minister to pro claim from his pulpit which portion of the Bible was the Word of God, and which not ? And would not such licence on the part of the clergy prove the bondage of the laity, who would thus:be left without redress against such a dangerous innovation ? "Again, I am sure you will beware of giving any other interpretation to the word everlasting' in the passages of our formularies which relate to the punishment of the lost than that of the 'eternal' in the sense of 'never ending.' For whatever be the meaning of the word in these passages in the case of the lost, the same must be its meaning in the case of the saved; and our certainty of never-ending bliss for penitent believers is gone it the word bears not the same signification in the case cf the impenitent and unbelieving. You will also do well to observe how the teaching of the Church as to the eternity cf the Son of God must be vi tiated if, when the 2d Article of our Church declares that Ha was begotten from everlasting of the Father, she leaves us at liberty to suppose, under the restricted sense of the word everlasting, that there was a time when the Son of God was not. " Well weighing, then, these graven onsiderations you will, I doubt not, resolve to adhere steadfastly to these interpre tations of the language of our Church which have been commonly accepted as agreeable to Holy Scripture and to the doctrine of the Catholic Church. You will yourselves reverence, and, will teach your flock to reverence, the canonical Scriptures as the Word of God. You will re collet that, as regards the Old Testament, you have the witness of St. Paul that all that portion of Holy Scripture is given by inspiration of God ; while our Church declares that God has caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning,' and speaks of the comfort of God's Holy Word (which it here again identifies with Holy Scripture) as that which will enable us to embrace and hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life. " May God, of His infinite mercy, forbid that our people should ever be robbed of the Divine consolations thence de rived I May that blessed Book continue to be regarded by us all as our only infallible authority concerning matters of faith and practice; as the volume which proclaims the Saviour of the world, from Genesis to Revelations, and bears within it the Gospel message of salvation through Christ from its beginning to its end : may we find it to be our solace in sickness, and our strength in the season of temptation; our guide and comfort in life, our stay and support in the hour of death; may it be our privilege to preserve it in all its integrity and purity to this generation, and hand it down as the Word of God to all them that are yet to come.' " I am your faithful and affeotionate Friend and Brother, " 0, T. CANTUA.R." I , Lambeth Palace, March 14." VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 6 0 to 7 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 10 to 1 6 Rid ditto 0 0 so 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 6 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 0 to 3 0 Brocoli sprouts Potatoes, per ton 60 0 to 95 0 New ditto, pr pt 0 to 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 6 to 3 0 Carrots,pr do 4 6 to 5 6 Cucumbers 0 0 to 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Green peas, 0.-sv. 0 0 to 0 0 N'rench beans,h.s. 0 0 to 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 0 0 to 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 8 to 1 0 Spinach 0 0 to 0 0 Brussels sprouts 1 9 to 2 6 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 6 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 9to 1 3 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 I Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 sto 1 6 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 iseakale, per bun. 1 oto 2 0 POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s Od ; geese, 4s Od to 7s 9d each ; goslings, bs to 8s Od ; ducks, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; ducklings, 4s Od to 5s 3d; rabbits, is Od to is 6d each; wild do., 10d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 9d each; Surrey fowls, 10s Od to 14s Od ; chickens, 7s Od to Us Od; barn-door fowls, 3s 6d to 7s Od; capons, Os Od; hares, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od; woodcocks, 3s to Os Od; snipes, 10d to Is Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, 2s 6d to Os Od ; widgeons, is Od to is 3d; plovers, Os 6d. to Os 9d each; guinea fowls, 5s Od to 6s Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, Os lld to is Id ; English, is Id to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 8s Dd ; French do., 5s Od to 6s Od per 100 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os Od to 08 Od. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 6d to is 10d ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. ; turbots, 4s Od to 153 ; cod, 3s Od to 103 Od ; brills, 2s Od to 6s Od ; doreys, 5s Od to 5s 6d ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, is toss Od; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, 3d to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, 18s to 24s ; natives, 65s to 70s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Cd to ss; haddocks, Os to 12s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, Os per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d, mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; and pork, ;3s 2d to 4s 4d per Blbs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 61 to 4s 6d; veal. 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and pork, 3s 2d to 43 43 per Blbs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from bid to 7d , of household do., 5d to Gd per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2/d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3kl; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 31d to 41d; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 4id ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to —d. Horse hides, lOs Od to Ils Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 4s Od ; full, 7s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, 11s Od to 14s Od ; half-breds, lOs Od to 12e 6d ; Downs, 8s Od to lOs Od; lambs, Os Od to Oa Od; shearlings, is 8d to is 9d. Norfolk " Tombland " Fair, This great fair, which as regards sheep is the most important gathering of the kind held annually in the eastern counties, took place at Norwich on Thursday. The day was fine, and the streets of the old East Anglian capital presented an animated spectacle, while the 20,000 sheep, the large droves of cattle, and the long lines of horses, collected on what is well known through agricultural England as " the hill," were well calculated to gladden the eye of the farmer and also of the citizens having an eye to substantial creature comforts. The special and ordinary trains run during the day by the Great Eastern Rail way Company brought in largo numbers of strangers from Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, and Essex, as well as from the tolerably extensive country of Norfolk itself ; and as far as external appearances enable a concha sion to be formed, it may be safely affirmed that Thursday exhibited the agricultural interest of the eastern district in a satisfactory light. There were, however, continued ,complaints as to shortness of keep, &c., and the supply of store cattle hung some what on hand from this cause, although there was little variation in prices. Scots were qnoted 4s. 6d. to 5s 6cl; shorthorns, 4s 6d 3 to 5s ; and very forward in condition, 6s; and Irish, 3s 6d to 4s per 14/b (estimated weight when fat). But sheep form, after all, the speciality of Tom bland fair, and attracted the chief attention. This department of the market was less affected by the shortness of keep, in consequence of the high price of wool, the fleece being a very important element in the value of a sheep. The top price for hoggets was 60s to 70s per head, but the more general quotation for superior lots was 40s to 465, and poor and ordinary, 28s to 36s per head. Fat sheep in their wool, lOs to lOs 6d, and naked, 8s to 8s 6d per 141 b; one lot of fat shearlings, weighing 2241 b each, made 82s per head. On the whole, although the large supply of sheep was not fully cleared off,. prices displayed a tendency to ad vance, and the business done was at higher terms than have been realised for some time past. It is to be regretted that no precise statement can be afforded as to the number oftsheep entered, but the blame rests with the Norwich Town Council, which, for reasons best known to itself, departs from the system of publicity generally adopted elsewhere, and keeps such matters secret. The show of horses was considerable, and both at Messrs. Spelman's mart and in the open market some amount of bnsi• ness was done at good prices. Royal National Lifeboat Institution. From the annual report of this institution, it appears that during the past year the entire cost of 12 lifeboats had been presented to it by philanthropic persons. The Lords of tho Admiralty were taking steps to provide every ship of war with an efficient lifeboat—their lordships having paid the institution the compliment to consult it on that impor tant subject. The committee of the institution proposed to build, and place at some of the principal 1:1 shing stations, model or standard insubmergible fishing boats, from which, after sufficient trial, others might be built in the several localities, and thus a permanent impt ovement be established, which might lead to the saving of many lives on occasions of such boats being overtakes by gales of wind when at long distances from land, The last remaining county association —viz., that of Lincolnshire—had decided on coming into union with the Lifeboat Society, and the renovation of the four Lincolnshire lifeboat establishments would cost about £2,000. During the past year the institution had been enabled to send no less than 15 new lifeboats to the coast, and numerous others were in course of con struction. Its lifeboats numbered 132, and some of them were the means of saving no less than 417 lives and 17 vessels daring the past year. nearly the whole of them under dangerous circumstances, amidst high surfs, when no other description of boats could have been launched with safety. For these services—and for saving 297 ship wrecked persons by fishing and shore boats or other means the institution had granted rewards amounting to £1,361. On occasions of service, and on those of quarterly exercise of the lifeboats, about 6,000 persons were afloat in them, yet not a single life had been lost. Transporting carriages and boat-houses had been provided for most of the said new lifeboats. The committee regretted to report that the num ber of wrecks during the past year was, as usual, large, and that the gales in October and December were perhaps the most destructive that ever visited the shores and seas of the British isles. It was, however, most gratifying to be able to report that, curing the time that these storms lasted the lifeboats were providentially the means of rescuing no less than 335 shipwrecked persons. With a shipping represent ing about 60,000,000 tons and 400,000 vessels which cleared outwards and entered inwards from British ports during the past year a largo number of shipwrecks had become almost a natural sequence. Accordingly, it was found that 1,602 casualties took place last year on the shores and in the seas of the British Isles, accompanied with the loss of 558 valuable lives—lives of the:utmost consequence:to the com merce and defence of the country. The total number of lives saved during the forty years from the establishment of the institution in 1824, to the end of the year 1863, either by its lifeboats, or by special exertions for which it had granted rewards, was 13,568. During the past year, 15 silver medals, 26 votes of thanks in scribed on parchment, and £1,297 in cash, had been granted for saving the lives of 714 persons by lifeboats, shore and fishing boats, and other means, on the coast and out-lying banks of the United Kingdom. Since the formation of the institution it had expended on lifeboat establish ments nearly £lOO,OOO, and had voted 82 gold and 738 silver medals for saving life, besides pecuniary awards, amounting together to £17,830. The committee referred to the cordial co-operation of the local branch committees, the Board of Trade, the Coast-guard, and the railway and steam packet companies. The expenditure of the institu tion in the year 1863, on its lifeboat establishments, was £11,377 4s Id ; £1135 6s 4d in rewards for services to ship wrecked crews ; and £2441 9s Id for coxswains' salaries and the quarterly practice of the boats' crews. The insti tution had received £lOO from a sailor's daughter per Messrs. Drummond; £lOO as a thauk-offering for, preservation at sea during the storm on the 31st of October last; £1 68 93, being the amount of a collection at St. John's Sunday school, Manchester ; £3 18s 83, collected in Mochrum parish church as a new year's offering to the institution, per the Rev. R. Craig; £lOO from a" A Friend, in gratitude to God for the preservation of his wife for another year;" and £2O from a seaman's daughter (C. T.), the produce of her needlework. The following legacies had been bequeathed to the institution since the last report :—Tames Miller, Esq, of Glasgow, £loo—William Currie, Esq., of Cornhill, Lon don, £2oo—John Farnell, Eeq., of Isleworth, £l,OOO (free of duty)—Milborne Williams, Esq., of Whitchurch, £so— Emma Keate, of Kensington, £3oo—and Richard Spencer, Esq., of Gower-street, London, £2OO. The items of receipt and expenditure are detailed in . the clear annual financial statement attached to the report, audited as usual by a public accountant. Considering the magnitude and unavoidable costliness of the operations of the National Lifeboat Institution, embracing the whole of the coasts of the British isles, a large permanent annual income was in dispensable to enable it to maintain in an effective state its 132 lifeboats, and to increase their number should circum stances render it desirable to do so. The committee ap peal to the British public with fresh confidence for support to an institution whose mission of mercy must come home to every one and plead for sympathy and support. A telegraphic despatch from Rome announces the death in that city of M. Hippolyte Flandrin, the eminent painter, well known for the fine frescoes (all of which are not yet finished) with which he has decorated the church of St. Germain-des-Pres. M. Flandrin had gone to Rome for the benefit of his health, but he unfortunately caught the small-pox. The day before the arrival of the despatch his friends received a letter announcing his illness, but stating that the disease was of a mild form, and pre sented no danger. Within 21 hours, however, after the letter was written, brain fever supervened and terminated fatally. The deceased was a pupil of Ingres, and aged 55. DYCE MEMORIAL,---A vestry meeting was held at Streatham on Wednesday, the rector of Streat ham in the chair, when the following resolution was unani mously passed :—" That, regard being had net only to the great abilities of the late William Dyce, R.A., as an artist, musician, and author, but also to the services rendered by him t 3 this parish (in which he passed the last years of his life) in his position as churchwarden, and otherwise, a monumental brass be erected to his memory in the parish church," In 4 1281 8 651 1091 1 1031 1081 8 98 7A 531 112 4 123 7 101} THE DANISH WAR, PUBLIC MEETING IN GLASGOW. On Wednesday afternoon a public meeting was held in the Merchants' k7all, Glasgow, for the pur pose of expressing sympathy with the Danish people in their present circumstances, t end for pro mo ti ng a further subscription for the relief of the wounded, and of the families o' those killed ill battle. The meeting,although influential, was not numer ously attended. The Hon. the Lord Provost occupied titt .chair, and offered a few introductory remarks. Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON proposed the first reap • lution—" That in the opinion of this meeting the circumstances in which Denmark is at present placed are such as call for the warmest sympathy from the people of England." In supporting this resolution, Sir Archibald said he thought nothing almost could add to or strengthen the appeal which these words contained. 'We saw a small people acting in an unfruitful territory, engaged in a des perate war for national existence with two of the greatest military Powers of Europe—end we saw against this small, he might almost say Lilliputian State, forces in numbers which would be only called for if the empire of Russia or of France was on this other side. That was a spectacle which he thought the people of this country could never see without interest. There were many reasons why the peo ple of this country should feel a peculiar interest in the struggle in which Denmark was now engaged. The Danes and the English and Scotch were in great part the same people, they were derived from the same stock. In addition to all this, the history of the two countries appeared to be interwoven, interlaced as it were, in such a man ner as to bring out in the clearest possible way the interest which the people of Great Britain should always feel in the misfortunes or in the prosperity of the Danes. Sir Archibald then referred to the alliances which had been formed by marriage be tween the royal houses of Scotland and Denmark, and to the marriage of James I. with Ann of Den mark, from whom the present royal family of Bri tain was directly descended. He also remarked upon the bravery which the Danes had shown in past contests, and the growing importance which the State has assumed in the eyes of the Great Powers of Europe, from the nature of its local posi tion, and its being, as it were, a porter at the gate of the Baltic. It was ultimately felt that Denmark was a Power of too much importance to admit of its succession or its independence being left to chance; and accordingly the whole of the Powers of Europe signed a treaty in 1852 acknowledging the independence of Denmark. The acknowledg ment so made was simple and unconditional, and could not possibly be got rid of by any of the Powers which signed the treaty. Now, if there was any Power in the world to which the in dependence and safety of Denmark were objects of political interest, it was Great Britain. If Denmark were in the hands of any Power to.mor row, that Power woad have the entire command of the commerce of the Baltic•with the rest of the world. The possession of Constantinople even was not so important as the possession of Copenhagen. It was therefore most important for the independence and security of Great Britain as a maritime Power that Denmark should be in the hands of a respon sible neutral Power—a power which was able to resist any immediate attack, and which, if attacked by other Powers, would meet with a degree of support which would enable them tomains tain its independence. Sir Archibald next referred to the closer tie which had been formed between this country and Denmark by the recent marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Had all the rejoicings which attended that event been forgotten ? This, he confessed, was to him a strong bond of union, and he trusted the time would never come when a bond of that description—a bond which spoke to the best affections of the heart— would be neglected by the British people. (Ap plause.) But it was a matter of great moment to consider in what way the people of this country would be regarded by the world if, without any exhibition of interest, they allowed the father of their future Queen to be dethroned by a foreign Power. The cause of tho Danes, however, was in teresting not merely from political considerations .—not merely from personal considerations in connection with the illustrious Princess of that house, but it was more deeply interesting than all, in his estimation, from the justice of their cause. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) (The Germans had nothing in the world to do with any part of Denmark, except that part of it (Holstein) which was beyond the Eider ; and even in reference to the German Princes of Denmark, they had no right whatever to interfere in the private concerns of the Danish Monarchy. He had read the Act of Federation 1815 over and over again, and he could state distinctly that there was nothing to be found in it from beginning to end about any obligation to establish a particular form of government. The only thing stated on the subject was the single provision that there should be State Assembles. Now, the pre text which the Germans put forth for entering the German provinces was, that they did not like the Con stitution—they did not like a Constition al Monarchy or a Constitutional Government so near to them selves. And to prevent that—to extinguish the growth of freedom in Denmark—they made a pre text for invasion on the ground of what they called the Federal execution. They further invaded Den mark proper, the position of which had been gua ranteed to the Danish Crown in 1720. They invaded the province of Schleswig for the purpose of securing " a material guarantee." They were exactly in the position of pessons who should get entrance to a house under pretext of law, and having broken down the security of the house should procceed to make themselves masters therein. (Applause.) He submitted that it could never be the interest of this country to see with indifference so great an injustice committed by powerful States upon a weak one. He did not at all say that it was the duty of Eng land to go forth as a knight-errant to take up the cause of the weak, wherever such a cause might appear, but it was different when an instance of oppression of this kind occurred, which was evi dently the commencement of something much more serious, for the Germans did not bring 100,000 men to the banks of the Eider merely to calm an inter nal question. They had some other view. It was the interest of all nations to concur, if they were wise, in an endeavour to prevent the perpetration of such injustice. He did not say this to show that they should urge upon the Government the immediate drawing of the sword ; his object, and he was sure the object of all present, was to prevent the necessity of going to war. He was convinced that in the present state of the world an expression of opinion by a great country like England would be sufficient to check the evil without drawing the sword. Bat if the opinion were withheld—if the despots of the Continent thought they could pursue their career,and swallow up one small State after another with impunity, the evil might come to our own door, and we might be assailed by a combination of European Powers without an ally. (Applause.) The resolution was seconded by Mr. Andrew Bannatyne, Dean of Faculty , an d unani mously agreed to. Mr. HENRY DUNLOP afterwa rds move d , " That, in addition to what has been alre ad y d one , a general subscription should be opened in Glasgow f or the wounded Danes, and the families of those who hay. died in the defence of their country." This motion also was unanimously agreed to;and a committee was appointed to carry out its recom mendation. The meeting afterwards separated. TILE QUEEN V. KING AND HEENAN.—The in dictment against King, Heenan, and others con cerned in the great fight will be tried at the Lewes Sessions, before Lord Chichester, on April 5. It will be recollected that an application was made to Mr. Justice Shea at Cham bers to remove the indictment into the Court of Queen's Bench, and the application was granted on terms. It seems that some of the defendants have refused to contri bute towards the expense consequent on the removal, and Mr. Beard, the attorney for King, has declined to take out the wait of certiorari. Mr. Sergeant Tindal Atkinson and Mr. Besley will defend King, Mace, and Tyler at the forthcoming Levee Seesions. SPORTING INTELLIGENCJI—This Day, CITY BETTING.—Tuts DAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STASES. 7to 2 agst Lord Zetland (taken) sto 1 agst Gardener (taken) 10 to 1 agst Fairwater (taken) 12 to 1 agst Costa (taken) 13 to 1 agst Wingrave (taken) 15 to 1 agst Dollar (taken) 22 to 1 agst Gibraltar (taken) 25 to 1 agst Toneh-and-Go (offered) 33 to 1 agst Despair (taken) 33 to 1 agst Fantail (taken) 40 to 1 agst Lapidist (taken) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 6to 1 abet Soapstone (taken freely) No other change. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. This being Good Friday, the Subscription Rooms were closed; but, during the evening, in betting circles, some important " moves" in connection with the Great North amptonshire Stakes took place. Lord Zetland advanced to 3to 1, taken to £2OO. More than 6to 1, however, was not obtainable against Gardener. Touch -and-Go declined to 50 to 1 (taken and offered), and, at 66 to 1, Blithdeld was friendless. Fantail was supported to win a few hundreds at 50 to 1. Closing prices : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAXES. 3to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) 6to 1 agst Gardener (offered, take 13 to 2) 50 to 1 agst Fantail (taken) 50 to 1 agst Touch and Go (taken and offered) 66 to 1 agst Blithfield (offered) HORSES STRUM OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE. MENTS. March 19, at 4.45 p.m., Diomed, out of the Delapre Handicap at Northampton. After 6 p.m., Blarney and Union Jack, out of all engagements at Northampton. March 21, at 9 a.m., Persuasion, out of the Whittlebury Stakes at Northampton, and Easby Triennial at Catterick. At 6.55 p.m., Athelstane, out of the Althorp Stakes at Northampton. March 22, at 9 a.m., Accident, out of the Croaton Park Plate. March 23, at 9 a.m., West , End, out of Croxton Park engagements. March 24, at 9 a.m., Lady Milton, out of all engagements. THE DISGRACEFUL "ROPING" CASE AT WARWICK. It was stated that it was probable the Jockey Club would deal severely with Messrs. Hitchin, alias Mellon, and Robert I'Anson, the instigators in the " roping" of Tels combe at the recent Warwick Meeting. The last number of the sheet Calendar contains the following notice and sentence upon the offenders. After the description of the race, and the statement of the case, the Calendar proceeds as under : We subjoin the evidence sent to the Stewards of the Jockey Club, with their judgment on the case Warwick, March 18. I'Anson, jockey and rider of Telscombe, in Selling Race, states : I rode Telacombe in the Selling Race, and received orders from my father, the trainer (Robert I'Anson), and from Mr. Mellon, the owner, to get off badly, to run wide at the turn, and not to win. Robert I'Anson, father of the jockey, states : He has heard the evidence of his son, and that it is quite correct, and that he gave the boy the above instructions, having received the same from the owner of the horse, Mr. Mellon. The Stewards sent for Mr. Mellon, but he did not appear, though he was seen in the enclosure before the race. London, March 21, 1864. The Stewards of the Jockey Club, with reference to the enclosed case, which they have received from the Stewards of Warwick, do hereby notify to Mr. Hitchin, alias Mellon, that he is warned off NewmarketHeath, and that his horses will not be allowed to run on any course where the New market rules are in force. _ Mr. Robert I'Anson, trainer, who gave instructions to his son, in accordance with Mr. Hitchin's orders, "not to win," is warned off Newmarket Heath, and no horses trained by him shall be allowed to run at Newmarket, Epsom, Goodwood, or Ascot for two years from this date. With respect to R. I'Anson, jun., taking into considera tion his extreme youth, and that he was instructed by his father to commit an unprincipled outrage, he will escape punishment, but this act will be registered against him, and a repetition thereot will prevent him from riding races for the remainder of his life. (Signed) COVENTRY. H. J. Roy.. CALEDON D. ALEXANDER. RACING FIXTU MA: rRES FOR 1864. RCH. Durham 2B Worcestershire Hunt Lichfield 2B Ar: Croxton-park 1 Edinburgh Spring .. 2 Abergavenny Thirsk 5 Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven .. . Llanboldy Northampton 29 Catterick 3l Newcastle and Gateshead 14 Knighton Liverpool Hunt Club l5 Lewes Spring l9 Cardiff Newmarket First Spring 25 Chester York Spring Salisbury l2 Blaydon .. l6 Radcliffe l6 Redditch l6 Bath Manchester .(Summer Harpenden Epsom rNg. Ju: Wye Maidstone Ascot Hampton l5 Newton Odiham Bibury Beverley 22 Stockbridge .... 23 Chelmsford 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Ne wcastle-on-Tyne 28 Worcester (Summer) Ipswich .. Newmarket July . 5 Carlisle Pontefract Abingdon Cambridge Liverpool July Stamford Nottingham . l9 Winchester l9 Southampton .. 2O Chesterfield King's Lynn .... 2l Goodwood ....... 26 Au, Bright on 2 Brighton Club Lewes 5 Huntingdon .. 9 Wolverhampton Reading .... 11 Egham Oxford .. 18 SEIM Weymouth 1 Warwick September 6 Leicester 8 Bridgwater Doncaster .. Dover York August Yarmouth Plymouth Lichfield Stockton .... 3O Devon and Exeter Derby ABER. Brecon .. 19 Richmond Monmouth Manchester Autumn NewmarketFirstOctober 27 'OBER. OCT , Bedford .. 4 Northallerton 6 Newmarket Second Oct lO Lincoln Gloucester Newmarket Houghton 24 NOVE: Worcester Autumn .... 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 I IRI Leamington &War. Hunt 22 Fairy House Tharlee Ar: Kildare Hunt Curragh County Louth 2O, 21 Fethard. . 22, 23 Athlone 26, 27 Springhill 2 Galway Hunt 3, 4 Nenagh lO, 11 Cork Tullamore Tipperary .. 30, 31 JUNE. C urragh . 2B, 29, 30 SEPTEMBER. Curragh ...... 6,7, S OCTOBER carregh E lB s , 1 ; , 0 2 R o um. STEEPLECHASING AP F R LX . .I s t Abergavenuy .................... 5 NOVEILIIER. Leamington and 'Warwickshire Hunt 22 PRINCE OF WALES'S YACHT CLUB.—The opening of p st t h fi a p le a sant e e v . above pi n club ner sail w took place on Thursday l as t. Above six yacht s met at Blackwall-pier at three p.m. , and after a dasowonnwtahredtsa,balreriavt six o'clock, edatßrithaatuhdal3fo- gentlemen sat down—Mr. R. Hewitt, the late commodore, in the chair, faced by Mr. Percival Turner, the treasurer. The toasts of the " Queen," " Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family," having been drunk, Mr. Turner proposed" The Health of Mr. Hewitt," which was duly responded to. Other toasts followed, and a pleasant even ing was spent. SCULLERS' RACE AT PUTNEY.—A smilers' race took place yesterday from Putney to Mortlake be tween John Caffin, of the Old Swan, and William Burr, of Paul's Wharf, the former staking £lO to the latter's £7. Mr. Innis was referee, and the men got away at the first attempt, with level betting. Burr went off at a clipping pace, and in 100 yards was a length ahead; here the other began to piek him up, passed him at Simmond's, increased his lead all the way, and won as he liked. Time, 27 min. r i 25 sec., in old fashioned boats. THE ESSEX CHILD BURNING, CASE.Thig matter will be fully inquired into on the 29 th inst., the rweommoavnalDfreovmenhiserhhavousinge.suffishceienitelynorwecoivneredZ ton justifySpringfiel d a G he r Gaol, Chelmsford. There is no doubt that the charred bones dis covered were those of a full-grown child, but whether they were of a child born alive or not is not eo clear ; in fact it is impossible to form a definite opinion on the subject. The woman appears at present to treat with coolness the very serious accusation preferred against her. THE ACCIDENT ON THE MONMOUTHSHIRE RAIL WAY.—Another of the injured men - has died, mak ing the second fatal case from this accident. The three others who were injured are progressing as favourably as might be expected, and it is believed they will recover. UST. :MBEII. SH. RCK. .~ I